Dictionary entry details
• CITRUS (noun)
Meaning:
Any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
citrous fruit; citrus; citrus fruit
Hypernyms ("citrus" is a kind of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
Meronyms (parts of "citrus"):
section (a segment of a citrus fruit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "citrus"):
orange (round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees)
citron (large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved)
citrange (more aromatic and acid tasting than oranges; used in beverages and marmalade)
pomelo; shaddock (large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp)
grapefruit (large yellow fruit with somewhat acid juicy pulp; usual serving consists of a half)
lime (the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees)
lemon (yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh)
kumquat (small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp)
mandarin; mandarin orange (a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China)
Holonyms ("citrus" is a part of...):
citrus; citrus tree (any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds)
Meaning:
Any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
citrus tree; citrus
Hypernyms ("citrus" is a kind of...):
fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)
Meronyms (parts of "citrus"):
citrous fruit; citrus; citrus fruit (any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "citrus"):
Citrus limonia; lemanderin; rangpur; rangpur lime (hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel)
Citrus limon; lemon; lemon tree (a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit)
Citrus aurantifolia; lime; lime tree (any of various related trees bearing limes)
citrange; citrange tree; Citroncirus webberi (more aromatic and acidic than oranges)
Citrus tangelo; tangelo; tangelo tree; ugli fruit (hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida)
Citrus reticulata; mandarin; mandarin orange; mandarin orange tree (shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia)
Citrus paradisi; grapefruit (citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp)
citron; citron tree; Citrus medica (thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind)
Citrus decumana; Citrus grandis; Citrus maxima; pomelo; pomelo tree; pummelo; shaddock (southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits)
orange; orange tree (any citrus tree bearing oranges)
cumquat; kumquat; kumquat tree (any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp)
Holonyms ("citrus" is a member of...):
genus Citrus (orange; lemon; lime; etc.)
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